Catherine J. Bivens, 74

Born April 29, 1934, in McConnellsburg, Pa. she was the daughter of the late Howard and Bessie Spidle Clevenger.

She was a housewife and homemaker all her life.

She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Big Cove Tannery.

She is survived by her husband, Parker J. Bivens, whom she married July 6, 1950; three daughters, Myrna Gladfelter and Lori Fortney, both of McConnellsburg, Pa., and Ruth Ellen Bivens of Big Cove Tannery; two sons, Ronald E. Bivens of Gettysburg, Pa., and Kenneth R. Bivens of Big Cove Tannery; one sister, Peggy Headley of McConnellsburg; 13 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Janet Stenger and Carolyn Glenn; and one brother, Jacob Clevenger.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Kelso-Cornelius Funeral Home in McConnellsburg. The Revs. Russell Hoffman and William Swope will officiate. Burial will be in Union Cemetery.

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Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m.